VOL. IV
POSTPONED POK A YKAK.
The World's Fntr to He Hold at
CliiruKO in IK1KI.
Washington, March 2r>.- In the
House to-day, immediately after the
approval of the journal, Candler of
Massachusetts called for the consideration
of the world's fair hill.
The hill having been read in extenso,
Candler, on behalfof the committee,
offered an amendment providing
that the commission shall appoint a
hoard of lady managers of such number
and to perform such duties as
may he prescribed by the commission:
and the hoard liutv imnoii.t one
or more member* of all the committees
authorized to award prize* for
exhibits, which may he produced in
part by female labor. Adopted.
Also, an amendment providing that
one of the members of the board
created, to be charged with the selection
of the government exhibit, shall
he chosen by the commission. A doped.
('handler,Jn opening the debate,
(>VhtVVSh!(wl t \\l* U(W !uPo/?t ho
xy,. |/. v ?uvu i iiv nil ini (iv.l iwn n IIMil II*."
felt in being able !o stale that (Jhicugo,
which has been selected bv the
House as a site, bad proved itself before
the committee equal to all that
had been expected of it. The committee
had found that Chicago not
only comprehended the importance
and magnitude of the enterprise,
but bad entered into it, with a determined
spirit, which bad impressed
upon the committee the conviction
that it would be successful in its
work, lie believed that the bill was
perfectly conststitutional uiul he advocated
it upon its merits, because
he believed that its purpose was wise
and patriotic.
Candler offered an amendment on
his individual motion to be considered
as pending, providing for the dedication
of the buildings of the
world's fair, with appropriate ceremonies
on October 12, 1802; and
further providing that the exposition
shall be open to visitors not
later than May 1, 1803, and close
not Inter than October 30, 1803. He
twiil Hint this postponement was not
asked by Chicago, but lie thought it
would inure to the benefit of the exhibitors
who were to take part in the
v exposition.
Helden of New York criticised the
financial plan of the Chicago people,
and gave notice that he would at the
proper time move to recommit the
bill, with instructions to select a
committee to report it back when a
guarantee of $10,000,000 shall be secured
by the citizens of Chicago, the
sufficiency and legality of which
shall he satisfactory to said committee.
Candler's amendment postponing
the time for holding the fair until
1893 was adopted without a division.
Herbert of Alabama opposed the
holding of a world's fair. If this
bill were passed, the policy would be
cof fin/1 f Knl ? A ^
Qvwicu null' ? Hi-Hi!vn any pornoii or
the country proposed to hold an international
exposition it might come
to Congress and count upon its endorsement.
On motion of Carlisle, an amendf
orient was adopted, providing that
the government buildings shall be
built, of such material as can lie tak
en out and sold after the exposition,
preference in the sale being given to
the Chicago or world's exposition.
O'Neill of Pennsylvania, Commings
and Hpinola and Farquhar of
New York, Frank and Natch of
Missouri, expressed themselves satis
tied with the bill, appealed for fair
play for Chicago, and held that there
was nothing left for Congress to do
but to give Chicago every legitimate
facility for making the fair what it
should be?a great national success.
Flowor of New York, held the
same views as Belden in regard to
Chicago's financial scheme, and said
lie wouiu vote to recommit the bill.
Hooker of Mississippi, McAdoo of
New Jersey and Mansonrof Missouri
(who had, respectively, javorcd Washington,
New York and St. Louis,)
expressed their earnest hope for success
in Chicago.
Belden made his motion to recommit
the bill, with instructions, but
it was defeated without a division.
The bill was then passed?yeas
202, nays 49. Negative votes were
cast by those members who have
been from the first opposed to the
cc
holding of anv world's fair. i
Aftor a little by play, which in- I
volved a call of the House, roll call <
on adjournment and a roll call on M
going into committee of the whole <
for the consideration of the Wvoin- i
ing admission bill, which consumed I
two hours of time, and which was' 1
productive of no good result, the j 1
House at 4:45 adjourned. ! ]
Co-operation llet ween Castors
and Churches.
I
From the \\ atehman.
It is often stated that a church has (
it unite within its power to make
the ministry of an average man a
success, by giving him cordial sup-i
port and heartily carrying out his!
plans. Thore is no doubt of this, i
It would he dillicult to mention a
I number of pastors, whose success, in
a good degree, must be attributed to
llnl I- mi v i ? < mini 11 'I'll..ii. nliiii>..krto I
have made them. But there is an-j
other side to (his matter. If churches
often make or unmake their min-|
is tors, ministers <|iute as often make
or unmake their churches. Napoleon
is reported to have greeted Mar-j
shal Nev, after the latter had con
ducted the retreat of the remnants of
the French army from Ivussia against !
enormous odds, by saying: "An army |
of (Immi' led hy a lion is better than
.
an army of lions led hy a deer."
Much depends upon the general of j
an armv, t he minister of a church,
or the leader of any enterprise.
With the right kind of leadership
there are few desperate causes. No
minister who absolutely fails in his
work can lay all tho responsibilities
for his failure upon his church. If
he hud been altogether what he
should have been as a pastor, a
preacher, and a leader of men he
would not have failed altogether.
Knvironment limits success, but men
to a degree can make environment.
In pioneer missionary work, churches
do not "make" ministers?the missionary
has to "make" the church;
he gathers it; lie huilds it up ; he
leads it into cllicient wtrk. The
! pastor of the oldest church needs
j much of this aggressive spirit. His
church does not co-operate with him.
I Well, let him lead his church to coI
operate with him, let him train thorn
I to it. He has poor material to work
with. Well, let him use what he
; has, let him hammer it into shape,
let him make the best of it. It is
; with ministers as it is with business
! men. One man will lay the foundations
of a fortune in the same
business, in t he same community and
I. . . .
: in the same store in whicli his predecessors
have failed. It is the man,
not circumstances, that in the last
analysis will be found to make success.
While little can be accomplished
unless pastors and churches
j work together, and while churches
| are often at fault in failing to rally
about their pastors, pastors also are
| at fault if they are so unskillful or
1 impracticable as not to secure a fair
measure of cooperation from their
j churches. It is a part of a pastor's
j work to train his church to work
with him.
We have also wondered if something
cannot be fairly said in criticism
of the way ministers sometimes
treat churches as well as of the way
j churches sometimes treat ministers.
When a church committee summa- 1
rily asks a pastor to resign, not liecause
of moral fault in him, hut he- 1
cause there is a general dissatisfae
. tion with his ministrations, we feel
that such a rcfpiest should noi be
."sprung" upon him. The state of
affairs should be frankly laid before
him. lie should be given ample 1
time to make bis personal arrange- '
llli'lltM Nn rit/lil-iiMii/lnil
t "y ,
to remain in a place in which his ,
services are not generally acceptable, i
To let a minister go to Europe on a
vacat ion, believing that he is strong- 1
ly entrenched in the hearts of his '
people, and to send after him by the i
; next steamer a letter requesting his i
resignation, is simply outrageous.
Such a congregation could profit by
a missionary from the Zulus. We
have no personal knowledge that this ]
has ever been done; but the Kev. \
Dr. W. W. Boyd. in his address to <
i the Boston Social Union, the other
evening, stated that be knew of an !
instance in which substantially this (
course was taken. But on the other j
hand, we know of instances, not ? 1
"Be True to Your n
INWAY, S. ( r
few, in which ministers, greatly to
the surprise and grief of their
hurches, hate summarily resigned
their pastorates to accept calls to
>ther churches. There has not heeti
i whisper of t he intended resignat ion
before it was read. Tliechuivh has
not. heon consulted: advice has not
been taken: a relationship which
promised to continue indefinitely
lias heen broken abruptly b\ one
party to it. A business man might
i?o greatly put to it, it his conlidon
tial clerk should resign ami <|uit his
desk without giving proper notice of
his intention. Such conduct would
not stand the test of ordinary Imsi
ncss ethics. It may not he well to
incorporate in thr terms of a pastor's
settlement a proviso that the relationship
of pastor and church shall
not he dissolved without a previous
notice of a few months: hut churches
and ministers should treat each other
with the amplest consideration ami
with absolute frankness. Nothing
should he "sprung." There should
do no surprises on oilhor side. Cooperation,
in Hie nature of 1 he case,
must bo tii 111mil.
Where Shall I t lie?
('liarh'ston World.
In referring to tin* suggestion of
tlie Cincinatti Coinmereinl Oazette,
for (ho "national govonmiont to use
all its influence to yield the Indian
Territory to tlie colored people, with
the view of founding a black Republican
state," the Host on Transcript
rises to remark that "ome say Oklahoma;
but Oklahoma says Make New
Hampshire, there b inoVeunoccupied
land there.' "
Then it goes on in a gmmlil" pient
style to question: "Wlu-re shall the
colored commonwealth bo located?
Which state will sacrifice itself on
the altar of country? Shall it be
Massachusetts? We would prefer it
should bo South Carolina." Proceeding
The Transcript says we
might not like to s:ee such commonwealths
arise in New Hampshire or,
Vermont, or in any New Knglaml
district, w here the land goes unoccupied
as it does not in Oklahoma."
Then it drifts into the following
contemptible statement:
"But the Carolinas and the (lulf
States are a good, safe distance away
from us, and they have earned their
punishment, have t hey not, hy maintaining
slavery? "Eet tlie galled
jade wince, our withers are unwrung.'
"
In view of the fact that a short
while ago this same paper was crying
down the alleged keeping alive
of sectional hatred hy Southern
newspapers, and especially those of
South Carolina, hy too fivijuont reference
to the war, it should he last
to indulge in such displays of hitter*
11 ess.
If there is such a love for negro
rule, all its concomitants in the
North, as has heen frequently asserted,
why should The Transcript desire
a negro state at a "good safe distance"
away from it? It could only
he from fear that the effects of this
state would he to damage w hat prosperity
New England now has: consequently
it must believe that negro
rule is damaging to prosperity.
Such heing allowed, it is apparent
that if a negro stale is to he established
as the prosperity of the nation depends
on that of I lie states, that that
state should be chosen to be Africanized
which shows least signs of being
or becoming prosperous.
Now it is acknowledged that "the
land goes unoccupied" in the New
England districts, and becomes more
so each succeeding year, and in general.
a lack of progress is to be seen
there. On the contrary, in the South,
each year adds more to her prosperity,
discovers more of her advantages,
[Hid gives greater hopes of her future.
If we are then to follow the aeknowl
Lodgements of the Transcript, would
imv hesitancy in deciding that the
colored commonwealth should he established,
not in South Carolina, hut
in New Knglantf?
??
A bill has been introduced into
the Now York Legislature that pro
poses to relegate the prisoners in the
^tato penitentiary to idleness. This
is amazing, whether considered as an j
exhibition of stupidity or demagogy. |
Hueh action would combine almost
ill the possible elements of had legislation?cruelty
to the prisoners
themselves, robbery of taxpayers, r.nd
i prom in m for aggravated criminality.?
f 'hristhm Aff^nrntf.
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vord a?fd Yovr wortf a
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A ( IIILD COMMITS SUIClhK. |
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lf?'inu ltcl>uke<l by ller Teacher,
She Kill* llersolf.
I-'i.kmiNiiiiriuj, Ivy., March 22.? I
Little Mamie Markwell was one of
the prettiest ami brightest girls in
the school about a mile from this
place. She was a lovable ami unusually
precocious child, gentle in disposition
and a favorite in the countryside
for many miles around.
Among the children that romped
al the recess on Friday, Mamie was1
* ...
one of the happiest. She was endowed
with a superabundance of an ;
imal spirits, and returned to her
desk with her cheeks glowing from
the exeercise. The children were,
merry over some happening of their ,
play, and the teacher twice com-1
nianded order as a titter was heard
in the room. At the third manifea
tation of suppressed merriment two
of the culprits were called up by the
toucher. One of them was Mamie
Mark well and the teacher administered
a severe rebuke.
Mamie, who had always been a
11 11 " ?
niouei scnoiar, lelt tlie disgrace |
keenly and returned to her Heat in
tears. She was depressed during j
the rest of the session, and when the
school was finally dismissed, with'
her face burning with shame and
downcast eyes, she hurried home. j
Her father, Lewis Markwell,was ub- j
sent at the time, and the mother's
effort to learn what was the matter
with the child was met
with evasive answers. Mamie then'
retinal to her little room upstairs.
Vpou the father's return in the
evening she was called and, receiving
no answer, Mrs. Markwell as
ccndcd to the room. The child was
lying on the bed, evidently asleop. '
The mother endeavored to arouse j
her, but discovered that the little
i
one was a corpse. An investigation
showed that Mamie had secured a
paper of strychnine that hud been
kept in the house for hoiiic purpose
and had taken a dose. The mother
is almost crazed with grief.
Platform of the Farmers Asmoeiat
ion.
Whereas, Kxperieneo has shown
the value of agitation inside of our!
ranks, and we feel that we must devise
some plan by which differences
of opinion as to measures and men
may have scope to bring about need
reforms; therefore, this convention
of Democrats assembled in Columbia
this March 27, 1890, unite in issuing
the following platform of principles'
and measures, upon which we intend '
to strive for supremacy in party and
state:
1. We recognize the imperative
necessity of Anglo-Saxon unity in
our state, and pledge ourselves to
abide by the arbitraments of the
Democratic party, relying upon the
sense of justice and enlightened selfinterest
of a majority of our white
fellow citizens to secure all needed
reforms. We will make our issue,
inside the party lines, and differing!
as brethren who must make common
cause against a common enemy, we!
will how in submission to the behests!
of the party fairly expressed through
its regular channel.
2. The nominations of the Demo- ,
erulio party are virtually elections.:
Believing in the Jeffersonian doctrine,
that "the people are the best
conservators of their own rights and I
liberties," and that "self-government;
is the only free government," we demand
that all nominations for office
iii the party, other than state offices,!
shall he by primary elections, con- j
ducted under the state law enacted !
in J SMS.
8. We demand there-appointment
of representation in the Democratic
convention upon its basis of 1880,
and that it go into effect this year.
Wo demand that the delegates to the
state nominating convention shall he
chosen by primary election on the
same day that the other officers are'
nominated; and that all the counties
shall hold these primaries on the
same d&v, to wit, the last Tuesday
In August of each election year.
4. We demand that the board of
agriculture be abolished; that the;
privilege tax 011 fertilizers, and every ;
thing jHirtaining to agriculture or
mechanics, or industrial education,
including the agricultural stations,;
bo under the control of the trustees'
'?/(/ Your Country."
LPRIJL, 3b 1890.
of the Clemson Agricultural college,
and upon said trustees shall devolve
all dutieH now performed by the
present hoard and commissioners of
agriculture, except the control of
the state phosphate interest.
5. We demand that the South
Carolina college shall be liberally
supported as a classical and literary
institution.
?>. We demand that tlie school din
tricts in the various counties of the
State shall ho as nearly square a}
practicable, and of an area to allow
one white ami one colored free school
in each district, and that the school
trustees be elected instead of appointed.
7. We demand rigid economy in
public expenditures, the uholition of
useless ollices, reduction of salaries
and fees of all oHicers, state and
county, to conform to the increased
purchasing power of money and decreased
ability to pay taxes; that
the public oHieers shall he paid in
proportion to their labor and responsibility.
8. Wo demand that the railroad
commission shall he given all needed
power to protect the rights and rnterests
of the people without injur
ing the railroads, and that the commissioners
be elected hv the people,
after nomination by the Democratic
convention. It is the sense of this
meeting that salaried attorneys of
railroads and phosphate companies
should he ineligible to seats in the
legislature.
9. We demand that there shall ho
a survey of the State's phosphate
beds and their elassification into
three grades, and that a commission
composed of the governor, comptroller-general
and attorny-general shall
control and direct the mining under
rigid rules, each river or phosphate
district being leased at public auction
for a term of three years, after
the commission has fixed a minimum
royalty according to the value as
showu by the survey.
10. We demand that a constitutional
convention he called to give
us an organic, law framed by our
! own people. We believe that we
cannot obtain any great relief from
our burdensome taxes till this is
done, and we have lost faith in the
power to umend the present constitution
so that it will answer the requirements.
11. Believincr with Thornns
sod "that the diffusion o( information
and the arraignment of all abuses
at the bar of public reason," is a
fundamental principle of free government,
and it will give the needed
relief, we demand that candidates
for governor and lieutenant governor
Shell, and all other aspirants to the
state offices arc invited, to canvass
I the state, and that those asking our
suffrages for the general assembly
shall canvass their respective comities
on these issues, so that the poo
! pie can after hearing the cause, act
intelligent ly and render their verdict
I at the primary election. We warn
the people against being forestalled
as they were two years ago in some
I counties. Let no delegates to the
state convention he appointed before
they hear this joint discussion.
Canning Factories on the Farms.
N?wh and Courier.
In his seoond letter, which wae
published yesterday, Mr. .1, K, Calhoun,
of Baltimore, furnishes detailed
estimates of the cost and probable
profits of a plant for canning
fruits and vegetables on the farm,
which show that this important industry
is easily within the means of
almost every farmer in the South,
and is well worthy of trial by those
who can command the small capital
required for an experimental ven
ture.
The whole cent of a plant?including
25,0()0 cams amd label8, brickwork
for the kettles, etc.?which
will can 2,000 3-pound cams daily is
$258.50. The profit on 2,000 cans
at present prices, after allowing the
farmer $2.50 a day for his services,
and 20 cents a bushel for tomatoes
of his own raising, would be $49.50
?"a pretty showing," as Mr. Calhoun
says, "for one day's work." A
profit of $40 per day, it is stated by
the same authority, can be counted
on even where the farmer has to furnish
all labor and buy his raw material,
including firewood.
Mr. Calhoun advises the farmer
to plant his own crop for canning
purposes, and estimates that the protits
in growing tomatoes?at 450
bushels to the acre, which he regards
a? an average crop?would l>o $90
-J
per acre, whetlu r canned hv himself
Or by his neighbor. IT canned l>\
j )iini8c-lf this profit is independent of
j the profit 011 tin1 canned product jl
I ready stated. MY. C'alhonn does not
i advise the South Carolina farmer to
can corn, as a more expensive plant
is required, and he cannot compete
with the Western packers, lie has j
an almost unlimited range, however,
among the other products of the
garden and orchard, the preference
j being for the present to tomatoes,
for which there is a good demand
i at all times.
It, is not ex peeled that very many
farmers will enter into the new in
idnstrv this year, ami it i- not d it"
able that they should. The wiser
; plan undouhtedlv wonh! 'e for
oral neighbors in a eoitn?\* to ? i ib
together for the purpose of est a hlishing
h canning plant jit i convenient
point, and for till to plant a few
acres each to furnish the supply of
vegetables that will he required to
give the experiment a fair trial. The
cost of a plant divided among half a
do/,en such neighbors would he less ,
than $50 a piece, and even the complete
failure of a first experiment
i would not he seriously felt under
'this arrangement: Kvcrv such 'Vx
perimenial station," moreover, would
be a school of instruct ion for the
' whole agricultural community in
which it is located, and if properly
'and profitably managed would serve
I to establish the industry on a larger
scale. It is not \vt too laic to plant
I tomatoes, beans, peas, okra, etc., for
crop this year in everyt county in
, the State, and the canning plant can
be procured and set in order while
the crops are grow ing.
This is the plan that is being pursued
by some w ideawake and energetic
citi/ens of (tralunn in Ihirnwell
County, and we believe that th^y
j will be well repaid for their enter
, ltll:rtA i i i i
l-iiof, aim ueai'l 11V COIlimOIHl their j
' example to (ho imitation of small |
capitalists ami the farmers generally
Jin every part of the State. "I know
J "of no business," says Mr. Calhonn
J in closing his letter, "where so small
"an investment will yield so satisfactory
results." lie promises also to
give prompt attention to all requests
that are addressed to him for further
information in regard to outfits
and the details of the business.
Small investments that will yield
satisfactory results are what most
farmers are looking for now. Kami
and neighborhood canneries promise
better than any other other enter
prises that are within the means of
, she Sout h ('arolina farmers as a class.
> The possibilities of these cannerie
should be I hnrnughly tested I hi- Near
if practicable.
Mire a man tin; right so to till uj?
the six work days of the wek w'th
business that he is unfitted for w<"-*
ship on the Sabbath? That is a
'.question which some Christian business
men should ponder over. There
is no doubt that many of theiuare
crowding the hours with tlieir business
affairs that they not only have
no tinu* to give to anvthinv else tinr|
iiig the week days, but they are also
! unfiting themselves for a proper enjoyment
of the Sabbath. When the
week's work is over and relaxation
occurrs, there is a yielding, to the demands
of nature for rest, and the
, day is devoted to recuperating <-x
hausted energies and restoring excited
I nerves to their normal state. It is
good for all men to have their lime
well occupied with business. Indeed,
lie is a worthless man, as far us his
i relation to the community is eonI
cerned, who spends his time in idleness
and considers nobody's well being
own. Hut when u man taxes his
physical powers to an extent which
incapacitates him for the proper ob[
servo lice of the Sabbath, be commits
sin both against himself and his
God. It is stealing from the spirit
ual thak he tray minister to the oar
na) and selfish nature.* It is robbing
the spiritual life of one of its highest
sources of vitality and strength.
The Sahhath is indeed a day of rest,
hut it is also "//? irofuhh/.
(Six days are given for labor, but not
such labor as to render theSrbbath
a nullity. ?Hautist ('onrirr.
*Sick
headache, biliousness, nausea
COstiveness, are ioumj>tl\ and agreeably
banished by Dr. J. II. Me Loans'
Liver and Kidney l*i I let* (little pill,)
NO. XXXVIII. \ %
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Tin: WOKK OF Till: A l.l.lA
NCK.
\ Flea tor ( oiktii J rat ion ot'l'nrpo-.coM
I ho l*arl of tlx* Farmers.
To tin* Kdit.or o f 77/ / Ar? and
Conner: "Wo lau^h at u sick man
who follows everybody's prescription
f<?r his rheumatism, even when
In. ...... ? ..
?.w i i iv n i iiv in 111 nut v v imii i L
ho should attempt to shallow them
all al unco, we .should want to appoint
a guardian for his little remaininix
st rength and wit. A somewhat
similar feeling it} aroused hv
i eretd ugh itimi among farmers as to
H' envoi present tinaneial stress
.ad lov }( res. |)o<;toisof all sorts
of throne.- and oi' ?*,?.?rv form of
o'acfiee mv - loiting ?>ut remedies,
; lid tl??- too prevaU.Mil disposition
seems to hi I ike* theda'ed rheitluutie,
to gohhle i uiu all it once ill the"
hope that something mav hit the
sore pot.
' Is it reasonable to take stu h
wholesale ad vim*, u Imsi. nnnll ii?l i n?.
* - - * " ' .... v
remedies neut l'tiliz?* each other? < ';m
general laxatives in tin* wn\ of free
silver and unlimited paper currency
serve well w it li <(rin^cin linn - ?o
restrictive htminess K\irislalinn, destruction
of property hi railroad
slocks ami commercial enterprises
and rejection of established channels
ot trade? To drop all I inures of
speech, i' seems likeh thai thelulcsl
efforts to organize fanner- for I he
full consideration of their needs, and
their rights and dnlics are (o prove
futile from the neutralizing elements
of dissatisfaction drought together.
No oreanizatIon, liowe\er cxtcn ive.
is worth its cost, unle- its aims are
definite and clearlv understood,
farmers need to settle upon the one
line of action that is needed lirst and
follow it. then the time will come to
settle another line ami act accordingly
"
The above article \~ from the pen
of President Kairehild, of tho Kansas
.Mail1 Agricultural t'ollcge, and I
think applicable to the fanners of
our State. W hile I do not believe
in taking two bit.es at a cherry, there
i.s such a thing as biting off more
than you can chew, and that now
seems to he the object of our Alliance,
If they will mark out one
line of action for the hcnciit of the
farmers and pursue that until their
object i- accomplished, great good
will come, lint the trouble with
onr luriners i- i nai too many political
demagogues have crept into our
Alliances, who have not at heart the
interest of the farmers, but their
own aggrandisement. ami the sooner
thev are kicked out the better for
the fanners, and not until then will
there be unity, and peace reign
1101 all !?!>? of our people.
A lliaiiee.
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v \?>t: nivi wwii ih>;!i r.s.
A !!iisleuul's Tale of Woe in his
\\ he's Suit for ihvorce.
Xkw Yoiik, March 'l~>. The suit
of Mrs. Lnvinia It. Thayer for a limited
divorce from her husband, (hishman
I'. Thayer, a clerk in the Park
National Itank, eainc up before Justice
llarklett in Brooklyn Saturday.
Mrs. Thayer alleged cruelty on the
part of her husband, and described
herself as heing sickly and unuhlc to
look after her household duties.
Mr. Thayer put in a long answer,
denying that his wife was in any
way feeble, but asserting that she
was too lazy to get out of bed. She
compelled him to wash the dishes,
Mr. Thayer said, and continually
abused him. lie weighs I 45 pounds
and his wife tips the scales at I
iiii(l tie says she could easily whip
him if lie ever tried to injure her.
lie gets ^.*111 ;i month ami hi- wife
takes all except ten cents a day,
which he has for car fare.
Mr. I haver >avs that his w ife is
part owner of a fine farm in New
Jersey, while he hns'nt a cent and is
heavily in dcht. Strange to say, he
dates all his trouble from the death
of his mother in-law in 18H5. Previous
to that event, he says, his wife
spent all her time quarrelling with
her mother, and was very pleasant
to him. lie adds as his lu-lief that
if his mother-in law were alive now
he would have an easy time of it, for
his wife would rather tight with a
woman than with a man. Justice
Hartlett took the papers and reserved
his decision.